Hi there Overlanders!
My name is Robert and I am a pretty novice overlander. I've done Australia, Balkans, Baltics and Ukraine till now. This in a Suzuki Grand Vitara and Prado 120. Now for the coming 2-3 years I'll be living and overlanding in Mongolia.
I'll be starting from scratch. I just bought a Land Cruiser 200 V6 (2008). Which is kind of stock. That is, it now has a 140 Liter petrol Tank and a 6th wheel rack. With 125k kilometers on the clock it's still young. It was mainly used in the city.
The plan:
Roofrack with tent
Old Man Emu BP51 Shocks
Drawers
Power supply
AT tires, maybe some Mud ones too.
I hope Overland Bound can be of help, though currently it looks like it's aimed at US only and no metric system. Lack of a metric system will be annoying, especially if i add sights to the App as signs will be in metric.
Helping to build the App in Mongolia will be a goal of that is somehow possible. But i haven't gone that deep in the App yet.
Anyways, hope to see you on the forum soon, or maybe even on the road?! Plenty of events i noticed.
Nice to meet you,
Robert
Hi Robert welcome to OB.
Whilst OB started in the US I can assure you there is a big active OB Community out with the USA.
I'm jealous you are getting to spend so much time in Mongolia exploring. How are you getting there, is it an overland trip to get there?
We drove there from the UK back in 2018 and enjoyed 2 months exploring the country. 2 Years wouldn't actually be enough though and I could and would quite happily spend 2 years there.
I did start adding some of our Wild Camps to the app so make sure to check them out as these were the cream of the crop from our time there although all were exceptional. Mongolia is a nomadic country so wild camping is normal but be prepared to have a Mongolian family rock up 3 deep on a motorbike to check you out and smile a lot.
For our trip to Mongolia we changed our set up to be more suitable for Mongolia travel so I'm always happy to help, discuss and advise where I can.
Look forward to seeing your trips and following your progress.
Any questions etc give me a shout
Dave